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Persian (phonetic) English Script Appears In
otomobeel car اتومُبیل Transportation (Vocabulary Sprint)
otreesh Austria اُتریش How to Introduce Where You are From, and Introducing the Different forms of You
ovordan to bring اُوُردَن The Simple Subjunctive
foot / leg پا How to Talk About Feeling Under the Weather and Pain, and Parts of the Body, Parts of the Body (Vocabulary Sprint), rooz o shab: Rumi's rooz o shab Part 2
pā-hā feet/legs پا‌ها How to Talk About Feeling Under the Weather and Pain, and Parts of the Body
(pahloo) next to پَهلو Prepositions
pahlooyé next to پَهلویِ Prepositions
pā meesham I get up پا‌ می‌شَم More about Daily Routines
panj 5 پَنج How to Talk More About Your Family, and How to Count to Ten
panjāh 50 پَنجاه More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
panjeré window پَنجِرِه House / Home (Vocabulary Sprint)
panjom 5th پَنجُم More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
panjshambé Thursday پَنج شَنبِه Time and Date (Vocabulary Sprint)
panj shanbé Thursday پَنج‌شَنبِه More Numbers, and the Months, Days and Seasons
parandé bird پَرَندِه Animals (Vocabulary Sprint)
parandé bālāyé derakht-é. The bird is above the tree. پِرَندِه بالایِ دِرَختِه. Prepositions
pārké lālé Laleh Park پارکِ لالِه The Concept of "ezāfé"
pārsi Farsi پا‌رسی Transition to Persian Poetry
parvāné butterfly پَروانِه deevané shō: Rumi's deevané shō Part 2
parvāné butterfly پَروانِه Animals (Vocabulary Sprint)